“The Hokey Pokey” was one of my favorite childhood
song and dance games. You may remember how it goes:

“You put your right foot in, you take your right foot out.
You put foot in and you shake it all about it.
You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about.”

Have you ever wondered what it would be like
if that was really what life was all about?

The last verse gives us a peek into that:

“You put your whole self in, you take your whole self out.
You put your whole self in and you shake it all about it.
You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about.”

Could it be that spiritually speaking . . .
this really IS what life is all about?

Hmmm.

Check out what Jesus says:“If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself,and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes tosave his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sakewill find it” (Matthew 16:24-25).

And take a peek at Proverbs 3:5-6:

“Trust the LORD with all your heart and lean not on yourown understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he willmake your paths straight.”

The apostle Paul says:“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I wholive, but Christ lives in me. . . .” (Galatians 2:20)
And . . .“Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you topresent your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God;this is your spiritual worship” (Romans 12:1).

And from the apostle James: “Submit yourselves therefore to God” (James 4:7).

Each of these Scriptures points to God who IS saying,
“put your whole self in.”

Total surrender to His Lordship truly is what it’s all about.

And that’s much more than a fun song and dance game.
It’s a lifestyle . . . with eternal rewards.

Thoughts?

Please pray for me this weekend as I speak to 150 students at the
Georgia District NYI retreat.